Public notice on letters and dispatch rights
The item outlines Associated Press news use rights and publication policies for letters to the editor. It states AP dispatches are exclusive for publica tion and local news. voluntary letters to editor must be signed and fit proper purposes for general discussion. It lists advertising representation offices.
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Associated Press
A. E. Clayden Inc
New York
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
North
Michigan Avenue
Blessings and Critique Blend in Local Grafton Discourse
A religious passage from St Matthew is presented before a lengthy editorial denouncing P. F. Gillespie. The piece argues against ending the state liquor store, calling opposition sour grapes and condemning motives as politically motivated. It praises the store as a tool for temperate use and warns of bootleggers if the store closes.
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P. F. Gillispie
Grafton
Gillespie
State Store
Your stake in railroads
The article argues railroads affect every facet of the economy and daily life. It appeals to workers, savers, farmers, manufacturers, parents, and taxpayers, saying railroads need a fair break from competitors to boost nationwide prosperity and government services.
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Hinton Daily News
California
New York
South
Middlewest
Debated Federal Aid Sparks School Financing Fight
A Wheeling Intelligencer analysis outlines rival Senate and House bills on federal aid to education. The Senate plan funds public schools. the House plan allows aid for private schools via textbooks health services and transportation. The NAEP supports the Senate bill while opposing the House plan, cautions on public funds used for private schooling, and urges slow federal entry into school funding.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Congress
Senate
Larrabee House
National Evucation Association
Federal aid to schools risks federal control in education
The piece argues that expanded public funding for education, including West Virginia’s normal schools evolving into colleges, threatens private institutions with sharper competition and could lead to a Washington influenced educational pattern. It urges maintaining independence and limiting federal involvement to preserve individualism and efficiency.
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West Virginia
Washington
Investor's Dollar Cites Policy, Taxes Hinder Investment
The Wheeling Intelligencer notes a National Association of Manufacturers survey finding 75 percent of investors have funds but see no profits. They blame restrictive legislation, high taxes on industry, and potential new laws. Eighty-three percent say government takes too much from industry and 70 percent say from individuals.
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Wheeling Intelligencer
Hopkins
National Association of Manufacturers
Growing Tension Between France and Italy Deepens War Risk
Morgantown Dominion News warns that France and Italy edge toward war as Mussolini eyes French possessions, aided by Germany and Franco's Francoist Spain. Britain’s disarmament weakens support while Cape Town routes and Suez risk complicate supply lines in a swiftly changing European balance. Germany and Italy hold most trump cards without external aid.
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Morgantown Dominion News
France
Italy
Germany
Mussolini
Franco
Spain
Hitler
Great Britain
England
Cape Town
Suez
Freedom of Contract and American Constitutional Freedom
A naval-style editorial argues freedom of contract underpins industrial liberty and citizenship. It denounces legislative direction and collective bargaining as threats, contending market values are fixed by natural forces, not bargaining, and that compulsion in contracts violates constitutional freedom. Patriotic Americans await the Court’s decisions.
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Supreme Court
Fredom
Congress
Inis
Mussolini and World Worries in a Sunday Feed
A scattered column blends satire on Mussolini and European politics with fashion notes and light domestic jests. It jokes about alimony in Tunisia, Germany’s war work, Japan’s China campaign, and a Fresno sit-down strike over music, amid a breezy, era voice.
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Mussolini
Tunisia
Cor
France
Germany
Hotel Blaze Ravages Historic Water Street Block
Fire swept through a wood and stucco hotel on Water Street as a 25 mile per hour wind fueled flames. Officials estimate 87 guests and about 30 employees were inside when the blaze began, with many rescuers pulling victims from windows and ledges. The fire spread to adjacent buildings including the Canadian Electric building and a brick structure, leaving several injured and many evacuated to hospitals.
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Canadian Electric
Waters Street
Severn
Death at the Manor Chapter Forty Seven Firearm Plot Unfolds
In a tense manor scene Elsie and Mac pursue a dangerous mission involving a gun and a glove. While Elsie secrets through the house, Reginald Ainsworth is shot as he spots a man and Della Craig in a library. The chapter ends with Elsie blacking out from the gun blast.
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Daphne Witherspoon
Ett
Kaakwar
McIntyr
Miss Witherspoon
Mac
Elsie
Phil
Benson
Mac McIntyre
Hisle
Reginald Ainsworth
Della Craig
Hotel Fire Rapidly Spreads Forcing Evacuations
Firefighters report counting may be incomplete as 15 more patients were anticipated. The blaze, discovered shortly before 7 a.m., spread to adjacent structures and after 30 minutes the hotel front collapsed into the street, bringing down power and communication lines.
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Dendants
Farmhouse Slaying Ends Hathaway Family’s Tragedy
The Rensselaer farm home was found ransacked with a missing $100 man. Gloria 12, the couple’s daughter, recounted six hours of fear after the killings. Both victims were shot in bed. Brand was stabbed and beaten. Gloria alleged rape. police planned murder charges against Redmond for grand jury consideration.
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Gloria
Brand
Redmond
Walter Eckert
Indianapolis
Mayor Wilson Indicted Over Gambling, Police Misconduct
The grand jury charged Philadelphia Mayor S. Davis Wilson with misbehavior in office and failure to curb gambling after alleging the police department was used for personal and political ends. Indictments named 343 people on gambling related charges, with reports of protection money and disorderly houses connected to patrols.
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S. Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
Wilson
Florida
Civil Service
Police Department
Hopkins Labor Theorizes Over Wagner Act Hearings
Daniel Tobin declined to serve as Appointee citing other work. Senate labor committee delays Wagner act hearings awaiting peace conference outcome. AFL and NAM urge prompt hearings. Labor Board to review sit down strike orders after Supreme Court ruling. Hopkins convenes Business Advisory council to discuss administration’s business cooperation agenda following Des Moines speech.
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Hopkins
Will
Daniel J. Tobin
Tobin
Senate Labor Committee
AFL
National Association of Manufacturers
Council
Hllender
D-La
Taft
R-Ohio
Labor Committee
Labor Board
Supreme Court
Business Advisory Council
Des Moines
Destruction After Bombing Sparks Widespread Fire
An unofficial report says a careless worker dropped a bomb on a loading pole of gunpowder causing explosions at five minute intervals. Flames ripped through residential streets burning eighty hundred houses. The blast damaged several schools a hospital a spinning mill and other factories nationwide.
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Osaka
Kyoto
Kobe
School Board Vacancy Opens After Resignation
Taylor County Board of Education to name successor after Karl Wince resigns from Young Democratic club presidency. Gawthrop, elected 1936 in Roosevelt wave, would have term through 1941. A March 16 meeting may decide the unexpired term replacement.
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Wince
WPA
Karl Wince
Young Democratic Club
Gawthrop
Gus J. Lagnbert
Fetterman
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